Below are many recommended sites for you to use while you research.
Almost all or all of the information you will need can be found in these
sites. After you check out these sites, if you want to go searching
for more information for this web quest, click on the Google link below.
On that page you can type in key words for the topics you want to continue
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Timeline Resources
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
The Seattle Times: Civil Rights Timeline
Central High School's Timeline of Key Desegregation
Events and the 1957-58 School Year
Civil Rights Movement Resources
(see also several sites listed under "Resources: The
Climate of the Segregated South")
The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965
Oh Freedom Over Me: An American RadioWorks Site
on the 1964 Disappearance of Civil Rights Workers
Protest
Songs of the Civil Rights Era
Civil Rights: An Overview
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Background Information
Brown v. Board of Education
Resources
Brown v. Board of Education |
This site includes background on the court case as well as key
portions of the Supreme Court's written decision on the case. |
Plessy v. Ferguson: 1892
School Integration in Universities
The Fourteenth Amendment
Resources: The Climate of the
Segregated South
The Murder of Emmett Till
The Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till Murder Site
Shadows Linger in Town Where Emmett Till Died
The History of Jim Crow
Jim Crow
Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University
Remembering Jim Crow: Presented by American RadioWorks
Oh Freedom Over Me: An American RadioWorks Site
on the 1964 Disappearance of Civil Rights Workers
Monument Sought for Slain Civil Rights Workers
Retracing Freedom Summer
Resources on Important Figures in the
Little Rock Crisis
This Person in Black History: Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
A Lasting Impression in America: Governor Orval
E. Faubus
Biography of Orval Faubus
The 1957 Central High Crisis, as Governor Faubus Saw
It
Dwight D. Eisenhower--Little Rock Response
1950's Teen Culture Resources
Top 40 Singles of 1957
The Johnny Mathis Web Site
Chicago Historical Society--Teen Chicago
The Fifties Web: Fashion, Fads, and Slang
Web Generation: 1950's
TV
Variety Shows of the 1950's
Music of
the Fifties
Obituary Writing
Seven Simple Steps to Writing an Obituary |